Frost DPS Build - ESO Guide

• Wield Soul (Frost, Druid's Resurgence, Savagery and Prophecy) - a spammable which restores 600 Stamina and Magicka with each use which will be crucial for our sustain. Since it's a single target Frost ability, it has a pretty high base chance (10%) to proc the Chilled status effect. It also provides Major Savagery and Prophecy, allowing us to use Tri-Stat potions
• Torchbearer (Frost, Lingering Torment, Heroism) - a 2 second channel during which you deal AoE damage in a cone 3 times and apply a very weak DoT. It becomes your main spammable when out of Magicka. It also provides Minor Heroism, increasing Ultimate generation.
• Tentacular Dread - a Crux spender which deals Frost damage and increases enemies' damage taken from you. Since you're only generating Crux with Recuperative Treatise, it will never go above 1 so the damage taken increase won't go above 7%
• Deadly Cloak - this ability deals damage around every 2 seconds for 20 seconds and grants you Major Evasion for the duration, reducing your AoE damage taken by 20%. It's crucial because you need another Stamina ability to reduce the strain on your Magicka pool
• Ulfsild's Contingency (Frost, Lingering Torment, Intellect and Endurance) - deals damage in an AoE, applies a 22 second DoT and grants you Minor Intellect and Endurance, increasing your Stamina and Magicka recoveries by 15%. This is your spammable when you need more AoE damage. It's delayed until the next ability but you can trigger it early by simply bashing your enemy.
• Soul Harvest - a cheap ultimate that increases target's damage taken from you by 20%. Having it slotted will also cause you to regain 10 Ultimate whenever you deal a final blow against an enemy
• Winter's Revenge - a ground DoT with increased chance to proc Chilled
• Arctic Blast - deals damage around you instantly and then every 2 seconds for 20 seconds. Has increased chance to proc Chilled
• Barbed Trap - a DoT that will also apply Hemorrhage status effect at the start and grant you Minor Force buff, increasing your Critical Damage by 10%
• Stampede - a gap closer which leaves a ground DoT under your target which will constantly proc your Weapon Damage enchantment and increase your Direct Damage done thanks to Merciless Charge set
• Recuperative Treatise - an ability that improves your sustain, deals decent damage and ensures you'll have at least 1 Crux for your Tentacular Dread
• Northern Storm - a powerful ultimate that deals damage in an AoE, increases your damage done and grants you and your allies Major Protection, reducing your damage taken by 10%

Whenever you need to slot situational skills, replace Deadly Cloak unless stated otherwise

• Elemental Susceptibility - replacement for Deadly Cloak if you decide to use Destruction Staff instead of Dual Wield on frontbar
• Proximity Detonation - extremely good ability for trash packs, you can pre-buff it a few seconds before entering combat
• Trample (Frost, Cavalier's Charge, Heroism) - another extremely good ability for trash packs, you can cast it as you're running into them
• Camouflaged Hunter - replacement for Wield Soul for trash packs. It provides Major Savagery and Prophecy without needing to cast it, unlike Wield Soul
• Fulminating Rune - replacement for Torchbearer for when you're using a Destruction Staff, since Destruction Staff allows you to regain Magicka with Heavy Attacks so you don't need a Stamina-costing spammable anymore

This is just a list of priorities. Simply recast abilities when they run out and follow this list of priorities when there are multiple things to refresh

When you use a Destruction Staff on your frontbar, you usually want to fit a Heavy Attack into each Off Balance window. How often you need to do it depends on your sustain, since teammates who provide a lot of it can let you skip Heavy Attacks entirely.

Priority List

• 1. Recuperative Treatise
• 2. Stampede
• 3. Wield Soul if the Major Savagery and Prophecy buffs are not up
• 4. Barbed Trap
• 5. Tentacular Dread
• 6. Winter's Revenge
• 7. Arctic Blast
• 8. Ulfsild's Contingency
• 9. Deadly Cloak
• 10. Soul Harvest if you won't be able to get another Northern Storm before the fight ends
• 11. Northern Storm
• 12. Torchbearer
• 13. Torchbearer even if it's already up if you don't have Magicka
• 14. Wield Soul spammable

Pre-buff

These abilities can be pre-cast before entering combat

• Recuperative Treatise
• Arctic Blast
• Ulfsild's Contingency
• Deadly Cloak